Yankees Minor League Baseball Blog

Josh Schmidt improved to 4-1 on the season with a really nice start in the Thunder’s 2-0 win over Bowie.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with three strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Amaury Sanit threw a shutout ninth and he picked up his sixth save of the season.

Kyle Anson went two for three with an RBI.  Noah Hall didn’t pick up a hit, but he scored two runs.

Kyle Anson went two for four with a double, two RBIs and a run to lead the way for the RiverDogs in their 5-3 win over Rome.  Chase Odenreider belted a two run homer to pitch in with the win.

Ferdin Tejada improved to 2-2 with some solid relief pitching.  He gave up two hits and he struck out two in two shutout innings.

Paul Patterson fell to 2-2 on the season with a rough start in the RiverDogs 7-4 loss to Rome.  He gave up six runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts in four innings.

Kevin Smith went three for five with a double, an RBI and two runs.  Kyle Anson singled and he drove in two runs in the loss.

Eric Hacker improved to 9-2 on the season with another nice start in the RiverDogs 9-2 win over the Catfish.  He gave up one run on just one hit and a walk with two strikeouts in five innings of work.

Kyle Anson singled and drove in two runs.  James Cooper singled, drew a walk, drove in a run and scored twice.

The RiverDogs made up their rain out game from the night before and lost both ends of a doubleheader to Hickory.   The first game was a 5-2 loss and Ivan Nova took the loss with a rough start.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts in four innings of work and the loss dropped him to 5-5 on the season.  Kevin Smith belted a solo homerun for half of the RiverDogs runs.

The second game was closer but it was still a loss.  Jonathan Hovis took the loss when he gave up a run in the eighth inning.  Eric Hacker gave up three runs in five innings in his start and Kyle Anson and Timothy O’Brien both hit solo shots in the 4-3 loss.

Michael Dunn didn’t have his best start of the season but it was good enough for his twelth win.  He gave up four runs on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts in five innings of work.

Kyle Anson doubled, drove in two runs and scored a run.  James Cooper doubled twice and scored a run.

Ivan Nova did his job as he threw five shutout innings to keep the RiverDogs in their game against Asheville.  Unfortunately, the pen was tagged for four runs and the hitters could put only one run on the board in a 4-1 loss.  Jesse Hoover took the loss and he fell to 1-2 and he gave up two runs in 1 2/3 innings of work.

Kyle Anson was the hitting star in the loss.  He went three for four.

The RiverDogs did a number on Kannapolis in their 10-0 win.  They got good pitching from Ivan Nova, who improved to 5-4 on the season with five shutout innings.  He gave up three hits with three strikeouts.

Kyle Anson had just one hit (a double) but he drove in four runs in the game.  Eduardo Nunez went two for four with an RBI and three runs.

Hector Noesi improved to 1-0 with a nice start in the RiverDogs 4-1 win over the Cat Fish.  He gave up a single run on three its and a walk with five strikeouts in five innings.

Kyle Anson was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double, two RBIs and a run.

The RiverDogs and Sand Gnats each took a game in their doubleheader.  In the first game, the RiverDogs scored three late runs but the comeback came up short in a 4-3 loss.  John Axford took the loss and he gave up three runs in two innings while Brian Aragon went one for three with two RBIs.  Mitchell Hilligoss singled and stole two bases.

Game two went quite a bit better with a 2-1 win.  David Robertson picked up the win with two innings of shutout relief.  Mitchell Hilligoss hit a solo homerun and he extended hit new hitting streak to two games.  Kyle Anson went two for three with a solo homerun.